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Flash Flood Watch issued October 10 at 8:41AM CDT until October 11 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS

Effective: 8:41 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014

Expires: 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THEFOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEEAND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSISTACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALLTAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD STORMTOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSSTHE REGION WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 6 INCHES IN A FEWSPOTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FARSOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.* THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODINGESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POORDRAINAGE AREAS.SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS.THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FORRAPID WATER LEVEL RISES.